Bed



Sept; 22, 1931.

H. G. KIMBLE BED 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug- 6, 1930 Sept. 22, 1931. KlMBLE 1,824,156

BED

' Filed Aug. 6, 1930, 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Sept. 22, 1931. H, IMBLE 1,824,156

BED

Filed Aug. 6, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 z y a; 58

Patented Sept. 22, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HORACE G. KII IIBLE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK Application filed August 6, 1980. Serial No. 473,382.

My invention relates particularly to nonfolding beds. The main object is to provide a construction embodying the usual type of spring and mattress and yet which may be 18 so ornamental and camouflaged that it may be used in a sitting room or parlor.

In carrying out the invention'I provide a bedstead or framework of any suitable design or material constructed so as to accommodate 30 more or less standard types of springsand mattresses. This bedstead is sufiiciently modified from standard practice to accommodate a special screen or cover which conceals the mattress in the day time and yet which can be readily moved out of the way at night or whenever the bed is to be used as such.

This screen is preferably hinged to one side of the bedstead and provided with a back portion so constructed and arranged that when the screen is raised the back is folded clear from the bed. When the screen is lowered over the bed the back comes into position to serve as a back rest. The invention may be embodied in various forms, designs and arran ements.

ig. 1 is a perspective View of one construction showing the bed disguised as a couch or the like.

Fig. 2 shows the screen raised and the mattress disclosed.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section showing the screen in place covering the bed.

Fig. 4 is a similar sectional view showing the screen raised.

Fig. 5 is a partial front view of Fig. 4 with a portion of the frame broken away to disclose the spring level adjusting device.

Fig. 6 is a partialperspective view of the seat cover with a portion of the covering fabric removed to show the frame and fabric supports.

The framework or bedstead 10 is suitably constructed to support any suitable type of spring construction 11 and any suitable type of mattress 12. The screen, cover or lid consists of the main portion 14 and the back member 15 which normally conceal the mattress and bed clothes.

The bedstead is provided with ends 16, front board or side 17, and a rear board or side 18, and may have legs 19 of any suitable character which may, if desired, be detachable for shipping and transportation purposes.

The main screen portion has the stepped side bars 20 at the ends of the bed connected at the front by a front bar 21, which extends along one side of the bed and rests upon the front board 17. The framework of the screen is hinged at 22 to the upper edge of the backportion 18 so that when the screen is raised the entire mattress is exposed.

The back 15 consists of three boards 25, 26 and 27 which of course may be made of any number of pieces and of any suitable material. The top board is hinged at 28 to the back board 23 and hinged at 29 to the inclined board 26. The board 26 in turn is hinged at 30 to the side bars of the screen frame. The board 27 connects the side bars 20 of the screen and reinforces the screen framework. The screen is provided with any suitable fabric 31 of any suitable ornamental design and material adapted to cover the mattress as well as the back, as shown, for instance, in Fig. 1.

The screen fabric 31 may be reinforced by canvas or webbing, etc., if desired.

The front edge of the screen may be suitably secured by means of a latch 32 when the screen is down. By detaching the hinges 28 the back of the screen maybe folded over on top of the mattress for shipping purposes and the back boards 23 and extensions 24 knock down so as to make the construction more compact and easier to handle.

Counter weights 33 have cords or chains 34 which pass over the pulleys 35 secured to the inner sides of the extension pieces 24 and anchored'at 36 to the outer sides of the adjacent side bars 20, thus exerting a turning movement on the screen.

Preferably the weights are so adjusted that there is normally but little if any tendency for it to lift the screen from the position shown in Fig. 3, but when the latch of the screen is released and the screen is raised part way the weights become effective to assist in lifting the screen and moving the parts into the position shown in Fig. 4 where the Weights tend to hold the screen in its raised position. In this position the screen of course leaves the mattress entirely exposed and itself constitutes a screen at one side of the bed which may be utilized either to screen or shield the bed from the light or to shut off draught from a window or door. The counter weights 33 are enclosed and free to move vertically in recesses 37 provided in the ends 16 and 24.

In order to provide clearance for the rear portions of the arms 20 and the'lower portion of the inclined board 26 when the screen is in its raised position a suitably sha ed recess 38 is formed in the board 23 to recelve them.

The pillows 39 and extra bed clothes may be placed on the mattress in the space 40 which lies above the mattress between the rear board 18 andthe screen front 15 when the screen is closed down.

In order to support the fabric 31 evenly around the seat portion of the screen, the upper edges of the side bars 20 and the front bar 21 are rounded or may be fitted with quarter round shaped pieces of suitable material 41 as illustrated in Fig. 6. Between these frame members and the fabric 31 are a number of leaf springs 42 of light sheet steel or other suitable material shaped to conform generally with the surface of the front and sidesof the seat and extending beyond their inner edges with suflicient camber to yieldingly press against and support the fabric at a uniform level. The two front corners of the seat frame are held in shape and on line with the edge surfaces by resilient corner stay springs 43. Along the line at the rear edge of the seat where the planes of the seat 14 and the inclined back 15 intersect, a rod 44 is held in a fold or hem of the cover fabric 31 extending between but free from the end bars 20. This rod is supported by a number of springs 45 having seats for the rod formed in their lower ends and their upper ends fastened to the rear of the back board. 27. The camber of these springs is such that they tend to stretch the fabric 31 rearwardly over the seat portion in opposition to the springs 42 along the top of the front bars 21. This arrangement of springs, allows the fabric 31 to move downward under the weight of persons using the seat without undue strain being placed on the fabric. Further protection for the fabric 31 over the seat portion 14 of the screen may be provided as by installing webbing 31 held in place by marginal bands 31" of thin steel or other suitable material secured to the free ends of the springs 42.

The mattress 12 forms the seat support and is in turn supported by the springs 11. In order to make this support properly effective it is necessary that the upper surface of the mattress be kept close to the under side of the seat screen fabric. On account of the variations in the combined thicknesses of mattresses and springs which may exist or be caused by wear vertical adjustments are reuired and provision is made for changing t e level of the top of the mattress by means of the slotted spring support brackets 46 into which the spring and support rods 47 are inserted. The slots 48 in the brackets 46 are uniformly spaced at various levels so that by changing the rods 47 from one set of slots to another their level may be changed to bring ilahe 'iop surface of the mattress to the desired eve In the preferred form the slots 48 are formed with a downward slope from their outer edges in the longitudinal direction with respect to the springs and mattress (see Fig. 5) so that the end bars 47 will be more posltively retained in the slots than they would be if the slots were level.

When properly adjusted as shown in the drawin s the mattress 12 extends above the level of the top of the front board 17 and when the seat cover is down a portion of the upper part of the mattress is received within the mattress from shifting longitudinall into any position which would interfere wit the free passage of the end frames 20 on the counter weights 33, stops 49 are provided (see Fig. 5). If desired, these may also be adapted to act as lateral bearing ledges for the end arms 20.

When the seat cover is in use as a seat the front and forward portion of the side edges of the mattress are protected by the seat cover frame structure to prevent undesirable compression which might distort the shape of the mattress.

Other arrangements and changes in construction may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

For instance, a spring or springs may be used in place of the counter weights to aid in raising the screen. So also a catch may be used to hold the screen in its raised position, if desired.

When the screen is raised the bed is instantly ready for use. When the bed is made up the bed clothes can be instantly concealed by simply dropping the screen.

When I speak herein of the mattress being covered or exposed of course I intend to in- .the framework of the screen. To prevent clude the bed clothes which usually cover the I mattress and which are covered or exposed when the screen is down or up as the case may be.

I claim:

1. A bed having a frame with front and rear side boards, springs and mattress removably supported between said front and rear side boards, a screen hinged to the rear side board for covering the mattress, a plurality of resilient strips suitably disposed along the edges of said screen overlapping those portions of the top edges of the mattress which lie within sald screen when in its closed position, a back member hinged to said screen in front of the rear side board, means for holding the screen in the raised position I and means for changing the vertical position of the springs and mattress.

2. A bed having a frame with front and rear side boards, springs and mattress removably supported between said front and rear side boards, a screen hinged to the rear side board for covering-the mattress, a plurality of resilient strips suitably disposed along the edges of said screen overlapping those portions of'the top edges of the mattress which lie within'said screen when in its closed position, a bar supported in said screen at the rear of the mattress cover portion in a plurality of springs exerting a rearward pull on the seat cover fabric, a back member hinged to said screen in front of the rear side board, means for holding the screen in the raised position and means for changing the vertical position of the springs and mattress.

A bed having a bed frame provided with ends, and a back portion, a mattress cover -mattress when in raised position, without extending substantially beyond the rear longitudinal side of the mattress support.

HORACE G. KIMBLE.

frame hinged to the bed frame along one edge, a top piece hinged to saidbaek portion adjacent its rear edge and above the hinged edge of the cover frame, a back rest hinged to the front edge of the top iece and to the cover frame intermediate its ront and rear edges, the bed ends, back portion, top piece and back rest constituting a housing in which is located a counter weight having a cord and a pulley near the top of the bed frame, the cord being passed over the pulley and guided thereby and connected at one endto the counter weight, and at the other end to one end of the cover frame, said counter weight, cord and pulley being housed in the end of the frame of the bed;

4. A combined bed and seat comprising a fixed mattress support, a mattress, a back, a screen for covering the mattress and comprising a flexible fabric cover for the seat and at least a portion of the back, a support for said screen about which it is adapted to be raised and lowered, said support being located adjacent one longitudinal side of the mattress support and means for simultaneously pulling both the seat portion and the back portion of the flexible fabric cover substantial] y taut when the screen is in a lowered position over the mattress.

5. A combined bed and seat comprising a fixed mattress support, a mattress, a screen for covering the mattress and comprising stepped frame members shaped to constitute a seat of less depth than the width of the mattress as well as a back portion for said seat, and when lowered to provide a storage space f or pillows, and bed clothing above the mattress and behind said back portion, a pivotal support for said frame members adjacent the rear side of said mattress support, above the 

